A Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms or, Synonyms and Words of Opposite Meaning. Fallows Samuel
formal, prim, precise.
ANT: Brusque, blunt, supercilious, bluff, unceremonious.
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KEY: Ceremony.
SYN: Display, pageant, solemnity, rite, formality.
ANT: [See FASHION].
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KEY: Certain.
SYN: true, fixed, regular, established, incontrovertible, undoubtful, indubitable, infallible, unmistakable, sure, unfailing, real, actual, undeniable, positive, convinced, assured.
ANT: Uncertain, dubious, exceptional, irregular, casual, occasional, questionable, doubtful, vacillating, undecided, uncertain.
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KEY: Certainly.
SYN: Surely, positively, unquestionably.
ANT: Possibly, probably, perhaps, contingently, doubtfully, occasionally.
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KEY: Certainty.
SYN: Assurance, demonstrableness, positiveness, unquestionableness, confidence, conviction.
ANT: Dubiousness, precariousness, casualty, vicissitude, uncertainty, irregularity, hesitation, doubt, misgiving, conjecture, indecision.
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KEY: Certify.
SYN: Acknowledge, aver, attest, vouch, avow, avouch, testify, protest, declare, demonstrate, prove, evidence, inform, assure.
ANT: Disprove, disavow, misinform, misadvise.
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KEY: Cessation.
SYN: Stopping, halt, discontinuance, quiescence, suspension, intermission, lull, respite, stop, rest, abeyance, pause.
ANT: Continuance, uninterruptedness, unintermission, incessancy.
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KEY: Cession.
SYN: Concession, yielding, surrender, abandonment, relinquishment, grant.
ANT: Retention, claimance, maintenance, appropriation, usurpation, {[vindbmtkm]?}, assumption.
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KEY: Chafe.
SYN: Gall, rub, vex, irritate, chagrin, tease, harass, disappoint, grieve, annoy, worry, calcitrate, re_sent, resist, fret, fidget, writhe.
ANT: Soothe, smooth, coax, calm, humor, console, submit, endure, succumb, crouch, truckle.
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KEY: [See RAILLERY].
SYN: Banter, badinage, nonsense, frivolity, trash, chaffer.
ANT: Emphasis, seriousness, sense, substance, reason, argument, marrow, pith, gist.
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KEY: Chaffer.
SYN: Haggle, bargain, higgle, stickle, boggle.
ANT: Close, conclude, agree, negotiate.
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KEY: Chagrin \v.\, [See CHAFF].
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KEY: Challenge \v.\.
SYN: Defy, summon, dare, question, investigate, brave, canvass.
ANT: Pass, allow, grant, concede.
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KEY: Champion \n.\.
SYN: Hero, warrior, combatant, vindicator, challenger, defender, protector.
ANT: Renegade, deserter, poltroon, miscreant, traitor, coward, adversary, opponent.
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KEY: Chance \v.\, [See HAZARD].
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KEY: Chance \n.\.
SYN: Accident, fortuity, hazard, haphazard, fortune, random, casualty, befoulment, luck.
ANT: Law, rule, sequence, consequence, causation, effectuation, intention, purpose, design, certainty.
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KEY: Change \v.\.
SYN: Vary, alter, modify, diversify, qualify, transmute, substitute, fluctuate, shift, veer, exchange.
ANT: Conserve, retain, stabilitate, fix, clinch, stand, endure, last, hold.
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KEY: Change \n.\, [See VARIATION].
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KEY: Changeable, Changeful, [See CAPRICIOUS_and_CHANGELESS].
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KEY: Changeless.
SYN: Regular, settled, steady, firm, stationary, consistent, resolute, reliable, undeviating, uniform, immutable, immovable.
ANT: Irregular, unsettled, unsteady, wavering, fluctuating, capricious, irresolute, vacillating, variable, mutable, plastic.
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KEY: Chaplet.
SYN: Garland, wreath, coronal.
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KEY: Character.
SYN: Symbol, letter, nature, type, disposition, genius, temperament, cast, estimation, repute, office, reputation, part, capacity, class, order, sort, stamp, kind, quality, species, sign, tone, mark, figure, record.
ANT: Vagueness, anonymousness, nondescription, disrepute.
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KEY: Characteristic.
SYN: Distinction, peculiarity, diagnosis, idiosyncrasy, speciality, individuality, personality, singularity.
ANT: Nondescription, abstractedness, generality, miscellany.
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KEY: Characterize.
SYN: Mark, distinguish, describe, particularize, style, designate, individualize, specify, identify.
ANT: Hint, insinuate, sketch, suggest, adumbrate.
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KEY: Charge.
SYN: Direct, enjoin, advise, admonish, arraign, inculpate, entrust, commit, load, accuse, impeach, attack, assault, impute, carry.
ANT: Clear, free, discharge, acquit, liberate.
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KEY: Chargeable.
SYN: Attributable, ascribable, imputable.
ANT: Not_attributable, not_ascribable, not_imputable.
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KEY: Charity, [See BENEVOLENCE].
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KEY: Charitable.
SYN: Kind, benign, benevolent, beneficent, liberal, considerate, forgiving, compassionate, placable, inexacting, inextreme.
ANT: Uncharitable, unkind, harsh, selfish, churlish, illiberal, censorious, unforgiving, uncompassionate, implacable, extreme, exacting, retaliative, revengeful.
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KEY: Charlatan, [See QUACK], Charm \v.\.
SYN: Bewitch, enchant, fascinate, lay, soothe, mesmerize, delight, enrapture, transport, entice, allure, entrance, captivate, subdue.
ANT: Disenchant, disillusionize, excite, rouse, disturb, annoy, Irritate, alarm, terrify, repel, disgust.
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KEY: Charm \n.\.
SYN: Spell, incantation, enchantment, fascination, attraction, allurement.
ANT: Disenchantment, repulsion, fear.
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KEY: Chary.
SYN: